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November 11, 2011 04:02 am GMT
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Keen On Peter Bell: Yes, Silicon Valley is a Natural Meritocracy (TCTV)
I couldnt resist it. When I bumped into Highland Capital General Partner Peter Bell at Fast Companys Innovation Uncensored event last week, I had to slip in a question about the equality of opportunity in Silicon Valley. Bell, who is based in Menlo Park, didnt shy away from this tricky issue. Totally," he replied, Silicon Valley is a natural meritocracy.Unlike many more buttoned-down VCs, Bell was refreshingly frank in all his opinions. Describing Facebook as a juggernaut," he believes it is unstoppable in the short-term. He sees Google as being behind on social media and argued that it needs to innovate to become a real player in the social space. And while acknowledging that he sees a lot of crap in the social space, he is optimistic about social applications in the enterprise, arguing that we are still in spring training when it comes to opportunities here.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/QuIXMEqxZw8/
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